Country Editor: Henry Beetle Hough and the Vineyard Gazette
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| Rating | : | 4.37 (830 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1884592422 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 200 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-10-01 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
She is a lifelong seasonal resident of Martha’s Vineyard and has been a year-round resident since 1970. Phyllis Méras is a contributing editor and a former managing editor of the Vineyard Gazette. She is the author of thirteen books, including First Spring: A Martha’s Vineyard Journal, A Yankee Way With Wood, and guides to Martha’s Vineyard and Rhode Island. . She was also on the
This is the first biography of Henry Beetle Hough, nationally respected editor of the weekly Vineyard Gazette, award-winning author, and dedicated conservationist. Country Editor focuses on the years from 1925, when Hough and his wife accepted the Vineyard Gazette as a wedding present, to Hough's death in 1985. An Afterword recounts the Houghs' continuing legacy.
She was also on the staff of the New York Times Travel Section and was the travel editor of the Providence Journal for seventeen years. . She is the author of thirteen books, including First Spring: A Martha’s Vineyard Journal, A Yankee Way With Wood, and guides to Martha’s Vineyard and Rhode Island. About the Author Phyllis Méras is a contributing editor and a former managing editor of the Vineyard Gazette. She is a lifelong seasonal resident of Martha’s Vineyard and has been a year-round resident since 1970
Midwest Book Review said Top-notch tribute to a life well lived.. Country Editor: Henry Beetle Hough And The Vineyard Gazette by Phyllis Meras, contributing editor and former managing editor of the Vineyard Gazette, is the amazing celebration of Henry Beetle Hough, whose dynamic life is interthreaded with the chronicle of the weekly newspaper that he and his wife first received as a wedding present. Chapters chronicle how Hough served as the . Country Editor George L. Murdock While I live 3,000 miles from Marth'a Vineyard, I felt as if I had been transported there by the author. The author has a nice way of combining the descriptive material about Martha's Vineyard with the essence of the story which was the operation of a country newspaper by the two main characters. Though it is not long the pages are packed with information.